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Meanings of brim in English
Synonyms
Examples for "lip"
Examples for "lip"
1
The resolution of the problem requires more than lip service, he added.
2
Too often in the past, lip service was paid to consumer interests.
3
Biting her lip, the young woman immediately set her mind to work.
4
It brings people a new hope, less of a stiff upper lip.
5
Oh, she really didn't want to talk about his lip right now.
1
There is no longer any need to continue toward the rim wall.
2
Heroin goes mainly to China and Pacific rim countries such as Australia.
3
Japan lies in the shadow, away on the rim of the world.
4
At last he gained the rim of the nest and looked in.
5
Why did her father lead her away outside the rim of trees?
Usage of brim in English
1
The water had crept to a point just below the barrel's brim.
2
The bullet should penetrate the brim just where it covered the forehead.
3
The milk was within the twentieth of an inch of the brim.
4
He should arrive full to the brim with new facts and ideas.
5
The dark tunnel of the Long Walk filled suddenly to the brim.
6
Murphy's not full all the way to the brim herself some days.
7
The Prussian splashed brandy into the cup, filling it to the brim.
8
I saw them brim up, sparkling to the lids, in the firelight.
9
Let the music be renewed, and fill the goblets to the brim.
10
The servants obeyed Jesus, and filled the jars up to the brim.
11
In a twinkling two mugs were produced, and filled to the brim.
12
All about the brim of it grew hawthorns and rowans and hazel-trees.
13
He touched the brim of his glass to the bottom of hers.
14
He hopped about the brim and examined the roses with delicate pecks.
15
He snatched a bottle hastily and filled the glasses to the brim.
16
But the buttermilk did not stop and still splashed over the brim.
